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Dowuona & Company](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/n.-dowuona-company) ## [A Look at Ghana’s Right to Information Act](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/a-look-at-ghanas-right-to-information-act) Government institutions are now obliged to provide information about governance to the public. Under the new Right to Information Act, 2019 (Act 989), a person who applies for information from a public institution is not required to provide a reason unless the .. 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[Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/personal-data-in-angola) [Uganda](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/uganda) [Insolvency and Restructuring](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/insolvency-and-restructuring) [ENSafrica](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/ensafrica) ## [Insolvency law takes a knock: A review of Roofings v Roko Construction](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/insolvency-law-takes-a-knock-a-review-of-roofings-v-roko-construction) The High Court in Uganda has ruled that a petitioner for liquidation of a company must issue a statutory demand regardless of the grounds of the petition. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/insolvency-law-takes-a-knock-a-review-of-roofings-v-roko-construction) [Nigeria](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria) [Tax](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tax) [Energy & Natural Resources](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/energy-natural-resources) [Petroleum Industry Act](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/petroleum-industry-act) [Goldsmiths Solicitors](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/goldsmiths-solicitors) ## [The Tax and Fiscal Regime under the Petroleum Industry Act 2021](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/the-tax-and-fiscal-regime-under-the-petroleum-industry-act-2021) In our third series examining the main provisions of the newly enacted Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), we consider some of the tax and fiscal provisions under the Act. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/the-tax-and-fiscal-regime-under-the-petroleum-industry-act-2021) [Kenya](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/kenya) [Data Protection](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/data-protection) [ICT](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ict) [Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/cliffe-dekker-hofmeyr) ## [High Court rules that the Data Protection Act has a retrospective effect](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/high-court-rules-that-the-data-protection-act-has-a-retrospective-effect) The Government proposed to develop NIIMS by collating personal information from all Government agencies into one omnibus register that would then assign a single unique national identification number to all registered persons, for the purposes of accessing Government serv.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/high-court-rules-that-the-data-protection-act-has-a-retrospective-effect) [Tanzania](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tanzania) [FB Attorneys](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/fb-attorneys) ## [90 Days to Disclose Beneficial Ownership](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/90-days-to-disclose-beneficial-ownership-1-october-2022) - Grace period for compliance expires on 31 December 2021 - Disclosure forms available online - Failure to comply amounts to an offence   [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/90-days-to-disclose-beneficial-ownership-1-october-2022) [AfCTA](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/afcta) [Payments](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/payments) [ǼLEX](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/ǽlex) ## [AFCFTA – Settling and Clearing Payments in Africa through The Pan African Payment and Settlement System](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/afcfta-settling-and-clearing-payments-in-africa-through-the-pan-african-payment-and-settlement-system) On 1 January 2021 , a new era began in Africa with the commencement of trade under the African Continental Free Trade Area (“AfCFTA”) regime. The AfCFTA seeks to create a single market for goods and services facilitated by movement of persons, liberalise markets in .. 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